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Get ready for a weekend festival of beer

  The Craft Beer Experience is coming to Edinburgh next month, from 15–17 November. The Edinburgh Craft Beer Experience promises to be a truly immersive...

Tips to save you money this World Food Day

Zero Waste Scotland’s Love Food Hate Waste campaign is urging the nation to Chill the Fridge Out this World Food Day (16 October). A new...
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Espresso yourself as new Greek-style coffee bar opens

If you’ve ever been to Greece, you’ll know that the country’s culinary delights are as memorable as the scenery – from Freddo Cappuccino to Spanakopita...

Think pink as a new gin arrives in supermarkets

A supermarket has announced a further partnership with McQueen Gin after the remarkable success of its Forest Fruits Colour Changing Gin earlier this year. McQueen...

Book review: Scotland’s buses in the 1980s

If you've lived in central Scotland, then you'll immediately recognise the names of Clydeside, Kelvin, Stagecoach, Strathtay and Magicbus as Scottish bus companies. They first...

Fishing future can be as bright as the past

In Silver Shoals, Charles Rangeley-Wilson travels across the British Isles in an attempt to discover the true history of  our most iconic fish – carp, cod,...

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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...
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Q&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato

Founded in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, a small town with a humid continental climate located on the foothills of Mount Asama in the Nagano Prefecture,...
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his personal cask at Lochranza Distillery

Scottish star Ewan McGregor is set to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery for charity. The rare 26...
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The Macallan releases rare 84 Year Old dram – its oldest ever whisky

The Macallan has released a rare 84 Year Old dram - the oldest whisky to come from the distillery. The whisky, from 1940, forms part...
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Charity founded by whisky writer Charlie Maclean helps bring clean water to nearly 2,000 after first year

A fledgling Scottish charity founded by iconic whisky writer Charlie Maclean has provided clean water for life to 1,847 Madagascans after just a year.  The...

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